A video and two images depicting several Galaxy S8 Plus prototypes with dual camera setups have surfaced online, seemingly corroborating older reports that Samsung was previously considering integrating two main lenses into the rear plate of its latest flagship smartphone.
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Still, as Samsung handset problems go, it’s kind of a small one compared to last year’s. Here are the most important things you need to know about this powerful new phone. The new devices also feature facial recognition capability. Phone screens are covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on both the front and the back. Thankfully, the Galaxy S8 has some alternative methods for getting into your phone, like a fingerprint sensor and iris scanner along with your standard on-screen methods.
Bixby, along with Dex, is an essential key to the success of the phone release, which happened to much fanfare at a launch event titled Samsung Unpacked in NY on Wednesday.
Inside the phone you will find 4 gigabytes of RAM and and 64GB of storage, but you can add a SD card for more space. What’s even more impressive is that you can use your camera to get Bixby to do a search about something you’re looking at (this will come in handy when you’re travelling, for example).
– They will feature the industry’s first 10nm processor, enabling heightened speed and efficiency. People hoped, however, that Samsung had managed to improve on the feature. How many people swap Samsung’s apps for Microsoft’s? Once again, this is identical to what we see in Samsung Galaxy S8. The release date is April 21, but they can be preordered today from the major wireless carriers, starting at $720 at Verizon and $750 at At&t, T-Mobile and Sprint. Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, when docked in to DeX, charge via USB Type-C port.
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Aside from that, the only new additions to the Galaxy S8 appears to be the Microsoft apps that are installed after connecting the phones to a Wi-Fi network for the first time. Is that enough to get you to upgrade?
